E. Denise Billups

For fans of Anne Rice's 'The Witching Hour', Silvia Moreno-Garcia's 'Mexican Gothic', and Tananarive Due's 'The Good House'The cure flows through her veins, but so does the covenant. Dr. Evangeline Beauford thought blood held no secrets from her. As one of Boston's leading hematologists, she's dedicated her career to studying blood's mysteries-until a posthumous letter from her estranged sister draws her back to Beauford Grove after eighteen years away.
The family's olive plantation shouldn't exist in Alabama soil. The trees shouldn't weep crimson sap. And her own family's blood work shouldn't show impossible anomalies that her scientific mind can't explain. But as Evangeline uncovers centuries-old diaries hidden in the grove, she learns the devastating truth: her mother didn't send her away out of rejection-it was protection from a sinister blood pact forged between French colonists and enslaved practitioners of powerful African and Haitian magic.
The plantation's unnatural prosperity came at a price paid in blood and bound both bloodlines to the land through ancient rituals. Now, with the pact demanding its due, Evangeline must confront her family's dark legacy and her own dormant power. Her medical expertise may be the key to breaking the cycle-or the final sacrifice it demands.